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francophile 08-06-16 07:52 AM

S fork crown logo?
 
Saw this on a nice repainted Frankenstein frame today and I've seen it before but I'm stumping.
http://i.imgur.com/0M3qg0S.jpg

Oldpeddaller 08-06-16 08:04 AM

First guess - Simoncini?

francophile 08-06-16 08:31 AM

I've gone thru all the S that come to mind and coming up short. Frame was nice, aero rear stays, seat stays were almost triangular, worn tricolor drivetrain, Athena headset, cinelli bars with some bizarro stem and seat post. Really beautiful color but the repaint was garage quality or worse. Didn't flip over to look at BB shell as I should've, was in a hurry. Hoping it wasn't anything too fancy, was roughly my size.

T-Mar 08-06-16 08:43 AM

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Sannino used that embossing and red was their "factory" colour. That dark red with chrome forks was popular with them in the mid-1980s.

francophile 08-06-16 09:08 AM

They were asking $180. I'll let somebody else score a win today.

T-Mar 08-06-16 09:47 AM

I'd be hard pressed to let that pass by, if it was in my size.

francophile 08-06-16 09:48 AM

It was a 56 as I recall. A little smallish for me. If it's still there tomorrow I may go grab it. I just have way too many projects right now. I know Sannino is an unusual find but the chrome damage and horrible repaint add up to hundreds in repairs. You'd need to have seen the whole bike to understand.

T-Mar 08-06-16 10:04 AM

Too bad, that's my size.

3alarmer 08-06-16 10:14 AM


Originally Posted by francophile (Post 18965425)
...the chrome damage and horrible repaint ...

...this is why god has given us powdercoaters. :) It's not original, but it's real affordable.

francophile 08-06-16 10:23 AM


Originally Posted by 3alarmer (Post 18965469)
...this is why god has given us powdercoaters. :) It's not original, but it's real affordable.

True, but PC doesn't fix whatever was rotting the chrome on the fork. There were two spots that were pretty significant.

KonAaron Snake 08-06-16 10:42 AM


Originally Posted by 3alarmer (Post 18965469)
...this is why god has given us powdercoaters. :) It's not original, but it's real affordable.

Stands up to abuse well too.


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